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J. W. OVERMAN.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 336,059. Patented Feb. 9, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

JOHN WV. OVERMAN, OF FORT FETTERMAN, VYOMING TERRITORY.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,059, dated February9. 1385-- Application filed April 11. 1885. Serial No. 161,977.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN W. OVERMAN, of Fort Fetterman, in the county ofAlbany and Territory of Wyoming, have invented a new and ImprovedWashing Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The invention consists in the combination, with a revolving tub securedon a spindle, of a ribbed fixed cylinder in the middle of the tub, andof a curved wash-board in the tub.

The invention also consists in parts and details and combinations of thesame, as will be fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointedout in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a cross-sectional elevation of my improved washing-machine.Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, parts being broken and others insection.

A vertical shaft, A, is journaled in a crosspiece, B, of a frame, 0,supported by legs, and in a bar secured to the bottom of thecrosspiece.- To the head on the upper end of the shaft the bottom of atub, D, is secured, and the ends of a cross-frame, E, held on the shaftA, rest against the bottom of the tub. A vertical ribbed cylinder, F, isprovided on its upper end with a disk, G, secured to a vertical rod, H,depending from the free end of a horizontal bar that is secured at itsother end to the top of the upright K. The lower end of the cylinder hasa recess, F, to receive a boss, D, on the center of the inner face ofthe tub-bottom. The cylinder and tub will thus be held in properposition relative to each other while the tub is being rotated. In. thetub a curved or segmental wash-board, L, is placed, which is formed ofaseries of slats, M, secured to two spring-strips, N. Asmall cleat, M,is secured on the rear surface of the upper spring-strip, N, at eachend, and the said cleats pass into grooves in lugs P on the inside ofthe tub. The said cleats hold the washboard in place. The spring-tensionin the strips N presses the wash-board against the .roller, and thepressure on the articles is the Model.)

same at all times. As the articles increase in size the springwash-board is pressed back, as shown in dotted lines. The slats of thewashboard stand vertically. The tub is provided with a series ofhandles, 0, projecting from the outer surface. The clothes are placed inthe tub, which is revolved by means of the handles, are rotatedalternately in opposite directions, the cylinder F remaining stationaryand the tub turning with its spindle or shal'tA.

Large articles of clothing-sheets, &cor any number of small articlessuchas socks, stockings, handkerchiefs, napkins,&c.can be washed easily andrapidly in my improved machine.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a revolving tub, of a fixed ribbed cylinderinthe tub, and of a curved wash-board in the tub, substantially as hereinshown and described.

2. The combination, with the revolving tub having a boss, D, on itsbottom, of the fixed central ribbed cylinder having a recess in itslower end to receive the bars, and a curved wash-board adjacent to thevertical face of the fixed cylinder, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the frame 0, of the spindle A, the cross-frameE, the tub D on the spindle, the fixed ribbed cylinder F in the tub, anda wash board held in the tub, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

4. The combination, with the revolving tub D, of the fixed ribbedcylinder F in the same, the spring'strips N, and the slats M, secured tothe same, substantially as herein shown and described.

5. The combination, with a tub, of the springs N, the slats M, securedto the same, cleats M on the ends of the upper spring, N, the lugs P,secured to the inside of the tub, and a vertically-ribbed cylinder inthe mid dle 0f the tub, substantially as herein shown and described.

JOHN W. OXERMAN.

\Vitnesses:

J ULIUS SCHAUS, WILLIAM WERNER.

